Forbes has released their annual list of the richest people on Earth. This year, Bill Gates has reclaimed the #1 spot with a net worth of $79.2 billion. Meanwhile, a few people with greater ties to gaming, such as Notch and Gabe Newell, have also secured spots on the list. Both Notch and Gabe Newell...
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Developer Mike Maulbeck, of Code Avarice, threatened Valve's Gabe Newell which resulted in having the studio's game Paranautical Activity being pulled from Steam . Following the incident, Maulbeck resigned from Code Avarice, but has now rejoined the small studio. According to a recent post on...
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Valve has previously acknowledge that Steam Greenlight is not the ideal solution for getting games onto its digital distribution service. Gabe Newell even said in his Reddit AMA that the goal is to make a self-publishing system. The question is: When is that happening? A recent tweet from a developer...
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Valve mastermind Gabe Newell has been answering questions during a Reddit Ask Me Anything, and we've collected some of the highlights. After yesterday's false start , Reddit's AMA with Gabe Newell is in full swing. Newell has sounded off on a wide variety of topics, and some of his replies...
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Update #2: Yesterday's AMA was postponed, but you can jump in and participate right now. Newell has members of the Valve team with him, so ask all three of the questions that are on your mind here . Update #1 : The Reddit moderators are deleting every post in the AMA thread. This may be because Newell...
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In the past, in order to cancel a pre-ordered item on Steam users had to contact Valve. Now, if Steam users change their minds about pre-purchasing a game, they can cancel it with little fuss. If you pre-order an item, a prompt now appears next to game offering the option to "Refund an item."...
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Valve's top man says he's willing to do an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit to help raise money for the Seattle Children's Hospital. In a post on Reddit, Newell said that if donations to The Heart of Racing charitable foundation (which benefits the Children's Hospital) exceed...
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Last week, Valve founder Gabe Newell spoke at LinuxCon and teased a living room hardware announcement that would be coming soon. On Friday, a new page appeared on the Steam website with a countdown expiring today that states "the Steam universe is expanding in 2014." Today, we know one of the...
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At 1 PM Eastern on Monday, September 23, 2013, we're going to get our first look at what Gabe Newell teased earlier this week at LinuxCon . Based on the image, it looks like the long-anticipated SteamBox could finally be coming. "Last year, we shipped a software feature called Big Picture, a...
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According to Gabe Newell, prototypes of Valve's Steam Box are expected in three to four months. Speaking to the BBC , Newell said that the company is currently concerned with the box's noise and heat generation. He also says he expects to get the prototype into the hands of consumers with different...
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Gabe Newell is a popular man these days. The Valve co-founder was recently inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, and will now be honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) with the Academy Fellowship at this year’s British Academy Games...
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Director J.J. Abrams was recently handed the director’s chair for the new Star Wars film, and while at this year’s D.I.C.E. Conference, he announced that a deal had been made with Valve for a series of adaptations based on some of their video game properties. Abrams and Valve president and...
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Valve CEO Gabe Newell took the stage with director JJ Abrams yesterday , where they had a tongue-in-cheek debate on whether films or games were the best way to tell stories. Newell was back today, with a solo talk. Gabe Newell's Keynote discussed structural changes going forward in the games industry...
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Two of the most acclaimed and powerful content creators in entertainment might be joining forces in the future. At their D.I.C.E. keynote, Gabe Newell and Star Trek director J.J. Abrams hinted at some future collaborations. While no specific projects were confirmed, the pair did talk about some of their...
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Gabe Newell recently gave a talk at the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs where he talked about Valve's biggest competitor. Notes on Newell's talk comes from Polygon where he had a lot to say about the coming battle over the living room. Newell said, "I think that there's...
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The force is strong with director J.J. Abrams. Chosen to direct a new Star Wars film, Abrams will also give the opening keynote discussion at the 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit with Valve president and co-founder Gabe Newell. Scheduled for Feb. 6 in Las Vegas, the conference gathers industry leaders from the video...
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Gabe Newell of Valve made two appearance on the recent Nerdist podcast , and among the many topics covered was Hollywood's Half-Life and Left 4 Dead movie proposals. It's pretty easy to understand why Valve turned them away when they were presenting ideas that involved horse-riding in a movie...
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A new interview offers a number of details about what’s being planned for Valve’s entry into TV-based gaming. The Verge posted today an extensive interview with Gabe Newell , in which the Valve CEO offers more information about the long-rumored Steam Box. Among a number of other insights...
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Gabe Newell is the co-founder and managing director of Valve Corporation. He also worked for Microsoft and helped port the original Doom to PCs. If you didn't know that, you might find this short video entertaining. Lore is a YouTube series that often explains the lore for video game series like...
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Valve’s multiplayer battle arena game Dota 2 could possibly be available in the future for your iPad or Android tablet. In an interview at the VGAs, Gabe Newell of Valve expressed how he looked forward to the idea of including the game on tablets. “The good news is that tablets are getting...
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